Change machine type and configure GPUs of a managed notebooks instance

Vertex AI Workbench managed notebooks isdeprecated. On April 14, 2025, support for managed notebooks ended and the ability to create managed notebooks instances was removed. Existing instances will continue to function until March 30, 2026, but patches, updates, and upgrades won't be available. To continue using Vertex AI Workbench, we recommend that youmigrate your managed notebooks instances to Vertex AI Workbench instances.

This page shows you how to change the machine type andGPU configuration of a managed notebooks instance.

Overview

The machine type determines some specifications ofyour managed notebooks instance,such as the amount of memory, virtual cores, and persistent disk limits.Changing the machine type can improve performance or help avoid errorscaused by high memory utilization.

GPUs provide hardware acceleration that can improve the performanceof your notebook code. You may want to add or increase the number of GPUsfor greater performance, or, to reduce the cost of runningyour managed notebooks instance,you may want to remove GPUs.

Before you change a machine type or GPU configuration

Consider the following before you make any changes toyour managed notebooks instance's machine typeor GPU configuration.

Billing implications

Each machine type and GPU configuration is billed at a different rate.Make sure you understandthepricing implications of making a change.For example, ane2-highmem-2 machine type costs more than ane2-standard-2 machine type.

Changing a machine type might also affect sustained use discounts.Sustained use discounts are calculatedseparately for differentcategories inthe same region. If you change machine types so that the new machine type isin a different category, the subsequent running time ofyour instance's VM counts toward thesustained use discount of the new category.

Moving to a smaller machine type

If you move from a machine type with more resources to a machine type with fewerresources, such as moving from ane2-standard-8 machine type to ane2-standard-2, you might run into hardware resource issues or performancelimitations because smaller machine types are less powerful than larger machinetypes.

Change the machine type and configure GPUs

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to theManaged notebooks page.

   Go to Managed notebooks

2. In theNotebook name column, click the name of theinstance that you want to modify.

   TheNotebook details page opens.

3. Click theHardware tab.

4. In theModify hardware configuration section,select theMachine type that you want to use.

5. If there are GPUs available for your instance's combination ofzone, environment, and machine type, you can configure the GPUs.In theGPUs section, select theGPU type andNumber of GPUs that you want to use.Learn more about GPU regions and zoneavailability.

6. If you haven't already installed the required GPU drivers on your instance,selectInstall NVIDIA GPU driver automatically for meto install the drivers automatically on next startup.

7. Click submit to confirm changes.

What's next

• Learn more about the availableGPU platforms.